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17th February 2014 Sol 545
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/17/17th-february-2014-sol-545/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 17, 2014 As we approach a full martian year (669 sols) we have travelled about 5 km. There is fine tuning to be done on the route to get us relatively quickly to the clay and iron oxide concentrations in Mt.
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Sustainability in the Workplace is About More than the Environment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2022/03/15/sustainability-in-the-workplace-is-about-more-than-the-environment/
Organisations need to think about sustainability when it comes to employees, not just the environment. Working with academics to conduct studies of employee involvement in relation to sustainability could lead to increases in productivity
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March 20th 2013 Sol 221
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/20/march-20th-2013-sol-221/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun. This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.
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Friday 19th October Sol 72
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/19/friday-19th-october-sol-72/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 19, 2012 One of the main aims of the scoops has been to get soils and dust of suitable fine grained size for the X-ray diffraction experiment – CHEMIN. We are waiting with excitement for the first results.
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Tuesday 2nd October Sol 56
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/02/tuesday-2nd-october-sol-56/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 2, 2012 We are getting excellent close up images with MAHLI of the rocks underneath us at the rim of Glenelg. Soon we will pause to scoop a fine-grained sample for our XRD experiment.
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Monitoring Jupiter’s Atmospheric Heartbeat over Three Decades
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/08/24/monitoring-jupiters-atmospheric-heartbeat-over-three-decades/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 August 2020 Long-term infrared monitoring of Jupiter’s equatorial stratosphere over three decades revealed a natural cycle of variable winds and temperatures.
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31st January 2015 Sol 885
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/31/31st-january-2015-sol-885/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 31, 2015 The second attempt at drilling Mojave has been succesfull by both the minidrill and main drill hole (diameter 1.5 cm, depth ~6 cm). Now we are analysing the tailings with ChemCam and APXS.
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14th August 2013 Sol 363
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/14/14th-august-2013-sol-363/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 14, 2013 We have put a sample from the Cumberland drill hole into SAM for more isotopic measurements. The sample had been cached within the robotic arm’s turret.
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World’s first disability hate crime conference will help to tackle Britain’s shameful problem
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/disability-hate-crime
For the first time ever, victims, academics, support organisations and elements of the criminal justice system will meet to discuss the impact of disability hate crime.
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5th June 2013 Sol 296
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/06/05/5th-june-2013-sol-296/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 5, 2013 The latest puzzle for us is Point Lake.